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My place to share Card Making Tutorials
All my designs are designed on the Crafter's Companion Top Score Board, so may not match lines on other scoring boards, if you have any problems please get in touch, enjoy looking through the tutorials, there is a full list of my tutorials on my front page in the right hand column. and you can find loads of inspiration on my Pinterest boards here https://www.pinterest.com/yvoneeve/

I am very happy for card makers to use my designs and Tutorials for there own personal use, I give permission to other teachers who have attended my classes to use my Tutorials. but would appreciate a credit to the design and instructions.

Largest box . Cut 2 x panels 30cm long by 10cm wide and score at 10cm and 20cm

Each matting layer should be 1 cm smaller than the panels.

Small box. Gold layer 7cm Sq, Cream layer 6cm Sq

Medium box Gold layer 8cm Sq, Cream layer 7cm Sq

Largest Box Gold layer 9cm Sq, Cream layer 8cm Sq

Stick the 3 decorated boxes together.

Taller Box

Roberta asked me to give measurements to make the box taller

this one measures 12cm high and 10cm Sq wide

Cut 4 panels 22cm by 10cm and score all 4 on the A4 tri-fold line,

over lay each 10cm panel to make the base.

you need 8 gold panels 11cm by 9cm

and 8 cream panel 10cm by 8 cm

these are for the walls

and 3 gold panels 9cm Sq and 3 cream panels 8cm Sq, these are for the Lid, Base, and inside floor of the box.

The lid for the 10cm Sq box fits this box.

Below is a Flower fairy box

I made about 2 years ago.

this would be lovely with Foamiran flowers,

see Last months Foamiran flower tutorial below.

Exploding box

With a fairy theme.

The little fairy was printed twice once as a mirror image, I have slipped acetate between the layers and and uses the ends of the acetate to form a stand. so the fairy sticks upright. the flowers hid the acetate.

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

This Tutorial is for Craft for the CraicIt's been ages since I did a tutorial, and with Foamiran, been so popular, Here is a Tutorial for a rose and rose buds I designed.

8 by 8 inch All White
Wedding Card with Plaited Ribbon detail, and beautiful Foam Roses.Leaves have been die cut on my Cricut, using the Cindy Loo Cartridge. the silver rose leaves, are die-cut from a die I got from Joanna Sheen item number SDOO4 you can find it here. http://www.joannasheen.com/craft-supplies/signature-dies-rose-leaves-sd004/You can find a Video Tutorial on Youtube for the Plaited ribbon here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR63I-vyls0Design and instructions by Yvonne Tune Card Art Kilcoole

1. Stick the two 19cm Sq printed
insert panels inside the card.

2. Embossed two 18cm Square white
card panels with different embossing folders. Put one on top of the other,
and draw a wavy line from about 6cm top of left side to 8cm bottom right
and cut through both embossed layers.

Stick the 2 different embossed panels together,

(don’t worry if they are not perfectly joined together as
your plaited ribbon will hide this)

And stick them to the 19cm Sq silver panel and stick to
card front.

3. Stick the plaited ribbon across the join with Hi-tac
tape, and tuck in the raw ends, with hot glue.(the flowers will hide the raw
ends)

4. Stick the 2 die-cut hearts together silver at the back
slightly peeking out.

5. Mat and layer the greeting on to silver card. And
stick it centrally to the bottom panel.

6. Arrange the leaves to the top left hand side of the
card, hold some leaves back to tuck under the flowers.

7. Stick the tiny pearls to the heart swirls.

8. Stick the mulberry Bride and Groom to the lower right
hand side of the heart. Raised on foam tape.

9. You can find a video tutorial on youtube for the
plaited Ribbon here,

And as you will see, the
foam works exactly the same as crepe paper or the non woven fabric, I have
thought in the past.

But with the foam you need
to heat it slightly on a medium warm iron.

Holding the foam against
the heat with a long nose tweezers or wooden skewer.

Hold foam against the
heated iron for about 4/5 seconds.

Let it fall away (or flick
it away) and pick up immediately and gather the petals and twist into shape.

Depending on the flower
you are making. Will decide how you will tease the twisted petals open.

There are loads of video
tutorials on youtube, and once you make the first few flowers, you’ll be
hooked.

Cutting the petals

You can use Dies to cut
petals out

There are loads of them
available

Wish.com is the cheapest
but take up to 60 days to arrive.

Or you can use templates

Loads of printable ones available
on pinterest.

I have made a template
from a Punch to make 6 petal flowers

Foamiran does not punch
well, as the punches tends to chew up the edges, but you can still heat the punched petals, and you really wouldn’t notice.

I would punch your
templates in card, then fold the strip of foamiran concertina style, as you can
cut up to 6 layers with a sharp scissors.

You can use pigment Inks
and Chalks to add colour

And add sparkle with very
fine glitter,

Deco Art Glamour dust
would be best

But experiment with
stickles and other brands.

To make a rose

You will need 6 x 2 inch 6
petals layers

Snip the 1st
petal in half, than snip 1 petal off one half

Do this twice

Roll the first single
petal tightly and glue

Wrap the 2nd
single petal in the opposite direction.

Now take the 2 petal piece
and wrap in the opposite direction, and repeat with 2nd 2 petal
piece, ( you must glue each end.) in between each layer. This creates the buds
for the centre of the rose, or the buds like one in photo below

The bud will be too long, so trim about 1/3
from the bottom

Heat the next 4 layers on
the iron (1 at a time) and twist each layer tightly.

Open each layer out, and
slightly tease them open, take care as foamiran is delicate. Don’t panic if the
foam tears, you can still use the petals, but will need a bit more glue, you
need to continue to wrap the layers
until you are happy with the size of the center bud.

To assemble the rose.

Stick the 4 base layers
together starting at the back, add a tiny drop of glue to the centre , and
place 2nd layer on top, pressing the layers together in the centre
with a plastic ball tool. ( a metal ball tool reacts with the heat and
discolour the foam.) add the 3rd and 4th layer the same way. When
you open out the twisted petals, you will see how different each one looks;
choose the most open flattest one for the back. with the smallest looking one
last. Lastly place the bud in the center with glue. and tease into shape.

To make a tighter rose,
continue adding layers to the bud, gluing
as you go.